Author: Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, Tony Moore, Cliff Rathburn
Year Published: 2009
Genre: comic/graphic novel
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The second volume was just as compelling as the first one! I really sped through it, even though I loosely knew the story from the show! We’ve slowed down on the show recently so as I move into the third compendium I will probably start reading beyond my knowledge in the show, which is okay! A realization I had while watching the show and comparing it to the books; the show is toxic masculinity and the book has much more positive male influences. Abraham learns the truth about Eugene and he loses his mind. It takes them like 10 episodes before they have any kind of heart to heart. In the comics its a few days later before he begins expressing how bad he feels about it, how much Eugene means to him and how he wishes he handled it differently. Don’t get me wrong, it’s full of shitty people but I find them a bit more nuanced with the way they handle their emotions, they admit when they are wrong, because they understand the consequences are binary. There is no more room for gray, they are all or nothing and act like it. I’m looking forward for more Walking Dead but for now I think I’m going to take a break and turn my attention to something else.